with the democrats pressure to follow through with some sort of sanctions regime. actually trump has had problems with with the congress from day one and if we compare what he used to say during his election campaign to what actually the u.s. administration is doing these are two different things but every time when trying to get the chance to. do a pose to pose congress especially democrats he does that even with other cases we can remember what happened with the with the north north korea where he during the campaign was saying that he was ready to meet the president came and. made some very harsh statements over twitter. when he was in office but then again now we see a new readiness so when he is not pressured he behaves quite differently i think

the same case will be with these sanctions stefan guy if you're european studies expert joining us live here on out so you thank you for your time today. there will be no russian flag of the twenty eighteen of winter olympics in south korea the international paralympic committee has up held its ban on team russia though it is allowing clean athletes to computers neutrals two months earlier a similar decision was taken by the international olympic committee but while all eyes are on russia still allegations of doping violations are missing elsewhere in the world. in the run up to next month's winter games the issue of doping has taken the main stage once again seeing the majority of russian athletes banned and those eligible to participate forced to compete under a neutral flag and frankly at this point when you hear doping you think russia but is the problem really reserves or just the one country i'm afraid the answer is ever the no an investigation conducted by

a group of international researchers at two separate sporting events back in two thousand and eleven produced a rather shocking conclusion where more than two thousand and the athletes were surveyed anonymously to encourage honest answers doping abusers remarkably widespread among elite athletes and remains largely unchecked despite convent logical testing that report revealed that at the thirteenth athletics world championships in south korea over forty percent of those competing and made it to doping in the past year and almost sixty percent at the pan arab games in doha whereas was only came back with point five percent of test as positive in south korea and three point six percent at the pan arab games needless to say that is a massive discrepancy and the other surprising thing is that the research was actually funded by wada and yet no one heard a peep out of them about the results which they've known about for years we would note that there was a delay of nearly six years between the completion of the data collection and the publication of this paper due to negotiations between wada and i double a f and

subsequently between i w f and the authors regarding the authority to publish the results now it goes on to say that neither of the organizations impose restrictions on the writing of the report although i'm not sure how a six year delay isn't considered a restriction the president of germany's athletics federation for one was infuriated by the hold up banning that publication has impaired the possibility of taking important measures in the anti doping complain much of this is more than annoying you could also call it discussing the and guess what the report was actually released months ago but i'd bet good money that you haven't heard a thing about it because for some or. it wasn't made into nonstop breaking news no probes were conducted and no bands were seen this was a study which of course would raise alarms with the world anti-doping agency instead of pursuing it and doing further tests to determine the accuracy to try to verify or disprove the results of that study they simply blocked the publication so

in my mind it's an example of the lack of transparency and the bias and the efforts to censor. studies and news that is problematic from their standpoint we managed to speak to the authors of the report and told us that their research indicates a doping epidemic. at international track in the us we estimated forty six percent and can be saturn per cent of our fleet these international track meets were doping much higher than we expected or our quarterly results newspaper i would call it after damage i mean when you're when you are talking that house of athletes said an international track meet are asked to major to be doing some kind of don't.

i think that's a problem for athletics that is certainly a problem how big it is again i go back to my previous on without having that i could provide estimation we don't know but even if we settle for a lower figure that just for the sake of argument i'm not saying this is the actual thing but just for the sake of argument if a ten percent. is also important read the storm percent happens if ten percent of all the medal winners is the paper had them all and based on this what we probably is is quite high the concerns over. is we don't know much about the athletes compliance. so still to come here on our t.v. one of our interviews with the russian presidential conduct gets rather heated culminating in threats of legal action will lift the lid on that number.

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betrayal. when so many find themselves worlds apart we choose to look for common ground. good to be with us today for the program with russia's presidential elections now not far away odds he spoke to one of the more colorful candidates that have sent you a check he's rather famous in russia for being a t.v. host father was the mayor of st petersburg and the man who also mostly brought vladimir putin into politics and she enjoyed a gilded youth but got into politics of self in twenty twelve joining russia's opposition movement this year she decided to run for the presidency under the slogan a vote for me is a vote against everyone but aussies ochs on a boy interviewed her and the chant ended up getting rather touchy with the subject at one point even threatening to sue this channel. i have one last question i don't

want you to take it as a personal attack i think it's an important one if you years ago you were taped having a conversation with your neighbors about the repair work on your part and i don't think it's correct to discuss criminal cases because this was a private talk on telephone which was one of the it wasn't it. so it's a criminal case and it was screaming report it says you are my old rival lady and i think it was a criminal case and you know this it's unconstitutional to do this to discuss it and even to report it if you would show these on your t.v. . in the store and they will closely because it's a lawful i won't do that but i'm just saying we can discuss a lawful things or joining me now live in the studio or to use on a boy who a host of worlds apart that was you interviewing so and you saw. what you could do so you what just happened there it seemed to get rather ugly pretty quickly. not

quickly i mean before that we had about twenty five minutes discussing various things about its past its future its present she has a fairly critical take on this state of affairs in russia and we came to that point because i personally think that the way you behave in private and relating to your people around you your neighbors your friends people you don't know is relevant to what kind of a you may be and that's why i decided to ask her about that conversation which is. pretty prominent on the russian. are going to understand the view understands she was recorded in a conversation basically. not just shouting i mean like conversation was peppered with i don't know hundreds of expletives and she was talking to an older lady who apparently believes in her apartment building and that lady was asking her for some accommodation in terms of when the repair work could be scheduled i mean at what

time and we all know repairs. it is a very unpleasant thing to have to you know drilling pounding what have you and the question was about when those were should be scheduled so that kids in the apartment block could have their nap and she said i basically i don't care about kids having enough i need to sleep on till twelve pm like twelve pm till midday and the work can start after that i don't care about them but whether kids have any difficulties i could care less so you honest. on your program about this thing that was recorded this issue this so-called argument. i think perhaps her argument is that you maybe cross the line because you took the you do if you want to a post no level no talking about politics we're talking about his personal issue and claiming that she's entitled to some degree of privacy which she is to such an extent because once she crosses into a more public domain and that conversation is widely available on the russian

social media that's more exciting everybody is discussing it and i think it is relevant because she's running for public office and people want to see the politicians not only how they present themselves in front of the cameras when they're off comfortable and laddering questions but also they want to see the. candidate and that was sent think and i think that had to was not the case because she presents herself as you know caring for the people in her public lives with all his legal very much lacking in any sort of accommodation and concern about anybody on the less professional and more personal level talks on of this seemed to be a bit of tension between you both anyway is that accurate or not. i don't like her behaving in that way and i think it damages the russian politics because i do hear about things that she talks about the liberal values the competition political competition transition of power what have you all those issues that you plague this

country but having her associate yourself with those issues i think discredits many of those values even more and i think it's interesting to me that her into her campaign slogan is both boxing and that's means a vote against all and i think you can take it very literally because she's actually against all she's only for herself and i think that comes out pretty apparent i mean i think what comes out of that what i was told was very much in her about because whether indeed her slogan and her private conduct you know are in line with one another i mean you're talking about a woman who's running for the russian president's seat you know which i think what's lacking here is maybe public to speak or diplomatic behavior perhaps you know i've heard world leaders. i suppose i don't weld leaders on to say about putin but love him or hate him you've got to respect him because even under the highest pressure putin does seem on a public bubble to stay cool calm and collected but it's not even about staying cool calm and collected i mean imagine if you taped putin having a conversation let's say a ukrainian f.s.b.

you know security services having a conversation with somebody and saying you know i have to consider this law will save lives of the children but i couldn't care less about it you know i want to take a swim in my pool because i'm so busy you know i have such a hectic schedule i couldn't care less about that what do you consider that. topic of attention i would have because i think that person is in the public limelight he claims to represent the people and those kind of questions are the questions about how much do you really can about people in this country and he apparently believes that he should be still bit from those questions even though she presents herself as a journalist as a liberally minded journalist who always complains about the constraints of freedom of speech and so you. you do so you do seem quite passionate to talk crissy and it's a very i think it's royalty and. an ongoing behavior to good to be honest with you but that's my personal take i. do not try to you know i just made i was there

for her are against her i think people are mature enough to draw their own conclusions but my point my issue with her is that she as a journalist believe that certain issues when they come to her are off limits and that's not the case if you believe that freedom of speech exists does now knowing issues are off topic when it comes to public policy that the same should be applied to you and it's just it's just basic fairness to all of us kind of watch this episode of worlds apart on thursday so they can also catch it online at aunty dot com the host of worlds of pod boy thank you. and more breaking news this hour here on c.n.n. national the pentagon has apparently told the inspector general for afghanistan to hush up how much of the country's territory is under the control of local taliban insurgents that's according to his latest report he calls the development troubling saying it's the first time he's been instructed to withhold information to maga unclassified from u.s. taxpayers the inspector general produces regular reports on the progress of the

longest conflict in u.s. history some of which have been quite negative about the u.s. operation. the pentagon restrictions comments both president trump and the commander of u.s. and nato forces in afghanistan john nicholson say washington will spare no effort to defeat the insurgents and bring peace to the region the taliban has responded by threatening more attacks in retaliation to what it calls a policy of aggression. or thanks for joining us on this tuesday here on

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plus the federal reserve open markets committee meets mid week and friday is jobs day with the new employment numbers a jam packed week but for today here's what we have on tap first actually bad banks helps us take a look at net worth and the wealth gap and extreme poverty in the united states and why i asked david henderson of the hoover institution about wealth inequality around the world the tosca suite looks at border security and those doco dreamers that still are out there needs to be a problem these days salt and alex mahela big trip or twenty global trade amid some recent statements by president trump and others and before we get going heard by dr pepper creating the biggest beverage go home and on the planet that and more plus we'll get to the boom busting headlines right now amazon the world's largest retailer has reaped tons of free publicity in its search for a second headquarters or h q two amazon says the facility will create fifty

thousand jobs in one american city and received two hundred thirty eight formal pay . pozole from cities and regions last october but after a round of apprentice style coverage for the selection of the twenty cities as finalist amazon once more secrecy and the bidding and the selection process many mayors have been eager to offer amazon special perks and incentives including tax breaks and special infrastructure projects new jersey for example offered a seven billion dollars package maryland governor larry hogan offered a one worth five billion dollars and critics have pointed out that the public bidding war is a race to the bottom on wages and social obligations economist dean baker tweeted to to a call of the process as a jeff bezos version of apprentice in which we get to find out who is the stupidest mayor in america now finalist say they were told on a conference call with amazon to keep their offers secret last week the pennsylvania office of records declared that pulp that pittsburgh's office offer

was a public record preventing attempts by local leaders to comply with amazon's request amazon seems to be in no hurry to bring an end to the publicity bonanza and has not announced when the h q two location will be decided. consumer spending in the united states rose in december as demand for goods and services increased the increased spending may be due in part to the record gains in u.s. stock market in addition to higher holding prices however the increased spending came at the expense of savings which dropped to a ten year low more spending and less savings is usually a troubling sign for future consumption and economic growth the savings rate in the us has not been this low since december of two thousand and seven just before the economic recession.

since two thousand and six the inequality or wealth gap has been increasing all over the world on average the wealth of billionaires has risen by thirteen percent since two thousand and six and in two thousand and seventeen alone billionaires collectively saw an increase of seven hundred sixty two billion dollars which is enough money to end poverty several times over this isn't just an issue for underdeveloped countries but with the u.s. being one of the wealthiest countries in the world more than half of its population is struggling to survive here's our two correspondent ashley banks with more on that side bar the any quality gap is increasing now according to oxfam forty two people hold as much wealth as the three point seven billion who make up the poorest half of the world's population not compared to sixty one people in two thousand and sixteen and three hundred eighty people in two thousand and nine as you can see the gap is widening now and not sam's latest report at site over the past year billionaires were created at

a record rate of one every two days at the same time the bottom fifty percent of the world's population has seen no increase and wealth their report added eighty two percent of the global wealth and generated and twenty seventeen went to the most wealthy one percent. can't act for it say those holding financial assets during two thousand and seventeen a sauna and increase in wealth due to a booming global stock market for example and twenty seventeen amazon founder just baze those saw a six billion dollar rise in wealth in the first ten days of twenty seven tina due to the bull market on wall street as a result he's the world's richest man and not sam's report it said nine out of ten of the world's two thousand billionaires were men mark gold ring out sam's g.b. chief executive said quote for work to be a junior one route out of poverty we need to ensure that ordinary workers receive a living wage and that women are not discriminated against if that means less for

the already wealthy than that is a price that we and they should be willing to pay. although baze though that is a part of a small group of american men making financial gains most people men and women living in america aren't so lucky the us is one of the world's the wealthiest countries yet forty million people live in poverty according to the world and come inequality database the us has the highest gini right of all the western countries on top of that the u.s. has the highest the youth poverty rate across the o.e.c.d. which contains thirty five member countries and also has the highest problems of obesity in the developed world and the u.s. ranks thirty six in the world and terms of access to water and sanitation was a more alarming is within the o.e.c.d. of the us brings thirty fifth out of thirty seven and terms of poverty and inequality fam said this was unacceptable and unsustainable for the rich to

continue to get richer while the poorest struggle to survive according to the charity in twenty seventeen billionaires made enough money to end extreme poverty seven times over sam is calling on world leaders to put a stop to this by creating policies that will tackle tax evasion and boost the pay of workers part we don't agree with all that either we are not part of that one percent actually we are not ok thank you for that. trade trade more trade alex behala bitch joins us to talk about the trump administration mulling over economic courses of action from all over the globe alex is joining us from toronto alex let's start with the e.u. like an other cases the president says europe has been treating the u.s. unfairly and it's time for a change but what is the plan to do about it. very unfairly actually saying that the way the goods are moving back and forth between the e.u.

and the us that you know for the e.u. they can just send anything that they like over to the u.s. and the vice versa that it's just not happening properly that there's taxes and tariffs and the u.s. just can't get their goods into the into the european union well we don't know how true that really is if you look at the breakdown how the how this is actually happening between the two countries and we do have some information here for you in form of a graph. you have to take this into consideration first of all this relationship is obviously very important and the two countries trade a lot together and actually their most each other's most important trading partners they for europe for the u.s. when it comes to europe that is a trading volumes at five point five hundred seven point six billion euros that's about six hundred thirty billion u.s. dollars followed by canada china mexico and japan for europe when we're looking towards the u.s. that well europe the u.s. is number one and then followed by china russia switzerland and norway now the europeans are saying you know what if trump's going to do this they will retaliate

and guess what they don't have all their eggs in one basket they're actually there's some stats that say that china is creeping up and maybe has even surpassed the u.s. as a trading partner when it comes to the e.u. and they're working on plenty of deals we know that they have a free trade deal with canada that's in place now japan as well as are working with latin america and they're looking at new zealand and australia so for donald trump to do something like this to be very radical when looking at europe not only could he hurt the european economy but can obviously hurt the u.s. economy as well yeah and you know europe's really high on getting together with china on that one belt run one road initiative alex so there is that certainly increased trade now there was a meeting not in toronto but up in montreal over the weekend another round of those nafta meetings anything any progress on that. well guess what actually this time we're hearing that there was probably progress at least there was optimism the meetings ended on sunday so all sides are saying you know they're

a little bit more cheery about things there looks like things that might be moving forward but not forward the way that we anticipated in the beginning so march was supposed to be the deadline for these not to talks everything was supposed to be done and over with now we're hearing they might be pushed all the way into two thousand and nineteen so there's a little bit more openness to these things dragging on a little bit longer obviously for the u.s. they'd like to see things happen a little bit quicker but with the other size i mean there's still a lot to talk about one of those things and i know this is something that you're very interested in is the arbitration part of it so when it comes to that canada and mexico this is a really touchy subject for them the u.s. wants to be able to opt out of investor state dispute settlement that's a mechanism that's in there that's built into nafta that lets us courts make their judgments for about any disputes now canada mexico are saying no way we don't trust the euro us courts to make the right decisions here this is our red line we will

not cross it and this is something that really do not want to be negotiating about it's something that they want to keep in place right and you know when when we were in davos with the show last week alex and thank you by the way for that reporting on prime minister today that was very interesting last week but at president trump speech on friday he actually opened the door again a little bit to the transpacific partnership the eleven nations that have decided actually just the last several days to go ahead with with that agreement without the u.s. you know we were part of that with the obama administration but now that the other eleven are going forward now the president seems to indicate well maybe that means a little bit of a window for us to get involved in that what's your prognosis for for that is that ship already sailed or is it still possible. it's interesting you know when you look at the eleven countries that are left i mean a lot of people be jumping for joy thinking let's bring the u.s. back in but really the devotion agents have moved far forward trump pulled out about a year ago it's a different deal than it was

a year ago maybe not much but it is a different deal and what donald trump is saying he wants to see some drastic changes you want to see something that does that this deal is actually a really really good deal he called it as it is called nafta one of the worst deals in the history when it comes to any type of trade pact but now you know he's taken a couple of steps back is going to look at what is happening right now because he knows one thing and this is what donald trump did say in dabbles yet we might be able to negotiate with the pack so that all eleven countries but we can also negotiate bilaterally with these countries so he's seeing opportunity here any way that you turn it even if this ship has sailed because of these guys are signing march eighth trust me they don't want to start opening up these negotiations again this is been going on for years so they want to wrap this up as soon as they possibly can and then maybe discuss it with the united states after and donald trump i think understands that and for him there's a lot of wiggle room here bilateral multinational anyway that he.